Handheld post driver

[Thomas6180]

Thinking to buy a handheld post driver to use in places where tractor cant get, either hydraulic, air or petrol engine, whats recommended ?

 

[Hamer5108]

I have a portek one I find it very good but heavy . Depending what sort of ground you have got if it's hard it takes a bit longer or won't Knock it in. Been on mine today with posts stood up Infront ready less than a minute a post to put in really impressed

 

[Bobthebuilder]

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[TechWise]

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Our fencing contractor has bought a hydraulic post driver, a pneumatic one and I think a petrol one over the years and I've done all manner of modifications to them in the workshop. In the end, the driver you've pictured is the one he keeps going back to!

 

[tepapa]

Petrol engines won't knock wooden posts in the ground only steel.

You can get an air driven picket post driver, meant to be quite good but you need a massive compressor to run them efficiency.

Not used hydraulic one so can't comment. I hear the pipes are heavy to handle if you have any length to get further away from the tractor.

 

[Al R]

Up until a few weeks ago we did everything with 1 of these, couple hundred posts a year in to very stoney centre of the hedge. Top has needed welding a few times - photo below as example, mine is from the 70’s

 

[hally]

Petrol engines won't knock wooden posts in the ground only steel.

You can get an air driven picket post driver, meant to be quite good but you need a massive compressor to run them efficiency.

Not used hydraulic one so can't comment. I hear the pipes are heavy to handle if you have any length to get further away from the tractor.

I watched the Portek guys doing a demo of their machine at the Rickerbys show last year, so in March and soft ground and the only word is pathetic.

 

[Al R]

I watched the Portek guys doing a demo of their machine at the Rickerbys show last year, so in March and soft ground and the only word is pathetic.

Yeah I saw 1 of the first ones in the country before all the other makes copied then at NSA Wales day 4 years ago, it couldn’t drive in a pencil post (2” round)